What Is the Difference Between Noods.io's Free Plan and the Ramen Plan?

Noods.io has two plans: Miso Soup (free forever, no credit card required) and Ramen ($2.99/month). Both include unlimited recipes, Magic Import, and shareable recipe links. The only stated difference is that Ramen adds "Support Noods development" — and both plans list collaborative cookbooks and shopping list creation as "Coming Soon." If you just want to store and cook from your own recipes, the free plan covers it.

Side-by-side comparison

What the free Miso Soup plan actually gives you

The free tier is described as "the essence of Noods, accessible to everyone," and the site says you can "start free and stay as long as you like." Concretely, it includes:

• Unlimited recipes — no cap mentioned on how many you can save.
• Magic Import — paste a recipe link, or import from photos, PDFs, and other files, and Noods turns it into a clean recipe.
• Shareable recipe links — send recipes to friends, family, or yourself.
• Cross-device sync — your cookbook syncs across iPhone, iPad, Android, and the web.

The site states "Free forever. No credit card required," so you can test the full import-and-cook workflow without entering payment details.

What the Ramen plan adds

Ramen is positioned as "Supporting Development" at $2.99/month. Its listed inclusions are:

• Everything in Miso Soup — no features are removed or limited compared to the free plan.
• Support Noods development — the stated reason to upgrade.

The site also mentions Ramen gives "early access to new features," though no specific early-access features are named beyond the shared "Coming Soon" items. If supporting the project matters to you, or you want to be first in line when collaborative cookbooks and shopping lists ship, Ramen is the intended path.

Which one should you pick?

• Choose Miso Soup (free) if you want to import recipes from links, photos, or PDFs, scale ingredients, and sync your cookbook across devices — all of which are already in the free tier.
• Choose Ramen ($2.99/month) if you want to fund development and get early access to features as they arrive. Treat it as a support subscription rather than a feature unlock, since no current feature is paywalled.

A note on the "Coming Soon" features

Collaborative cookbooks and shopping list creation appear under both plans as "Coming Soon." That means neither is available yet on either tier, and when they launch, the pricing page as written suggests both plans will list them. Check the pricing page again before upgrading if one of those features is your main reason — availability and plan placement could change at launch.

How to get started

1. Go to noods.io and choose Start free on the web, or download the app for iPhone, iPad, or Android.
2. Import your first recipe by pasting a link or uploading a photo, screenshot, or file.
3. Confirm the imported recipe looks right, then scale ingredients or share the link as needed.
4. Upgrade to Ramen from the pricing page only if you want to support development — the free plan has no stated recipe or import limits.